Zimbabwe’s security force leaders sidelined the nation’s economic chiefs and forced the government to issue an order to close the stock exchange and halt most mobile money transactions, sources say.
Zimbabwe on Friday suspended trade on the stock exchange and mobile phone-based payments to address what President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s government called “criminality and economic sabotage”.
A Zimbabwean government directive banning the purchase and sale of cash through mobile money services may halt much of the nation’s commerce.
Zimbabwe’s high court has ruled that unrestricted access to Internet services must be restored following a shutdown of social media applications that has lasted for almost a week.
Lawyers and a media advocacy group in Zimbabwe have asked the high court to declare the shutdown of the Internet illegal after the government blocked access to most social media services last week.
Robert Mugabe’s near four-decade reign as the strongman of Zimbabwe ended on Tuesday, when he submitted a letter of resignation to parliament, sparking scenes of celebration across the capital, Harare. House of assembly speaker Jacob
